Mainz, Kaestrich Gate

After the Batavian Revolt in 70 CE, in which the civil settlement of Mainz had been destroyed and the castra had only with difficulty withstood a siege, soldiers of I Adiutrix and XIV Gemina rebuilt the fortress on the hill now known as Kaestrich. A part of the northeastern wall survives and a gate can still be recognized. To the southwest, the soldiers lived; to the northeast, the citizens.

The fortress itself is best known because it is the place where the Mainz Pedestals have been found.